Flex2 custom RemoteObjectAMF0 (updated for release)

Since the release of Flex2 I have gone back and updated my code examples.

http://renaun.com/flex2/
In particular is the Flex 2 custom RemoteObjectAMF0 class to allow an easy way to connect Flex2 to AMF0 gateways.

Continue Reading 7 comments June 30th, 2006

Flex Cookbook whip up some recipes

Have you every gone to the store to look at cookbooks. I always find cookbooks in Costco and Barnes n Noble to be quite interesting. Just looking over the wide variety of books confirms there are many ways to cook up the good nutritional substance we all need. I had the opportunity to preview the new cookbook area for Flex developers.

Continue Reading 2 comments June 29th, 2006

Download Flash Player 9 Now!

Flash Player 9,0,16,0 is available for download (2006.06.27):
Download Flash Player off of www.adobe.com!

Yippeeee!!!!!!!!!

1 comment June 27th, 2006

Flex2 FileReference API for Uploading Files

I read through the article titled, “Using the FileReference API to upload files in Flex 2 applications”. It is a good starting point for learning how to use the file upload and download capabilites in Flex 2 and Flash Player 9. …

Continue Reading 7 comments June 27th, 2006

What JRE version does Flex Builder 2 standalone use?

With the release of the Flex Builder 2 Java technote I became curious of all the JVM settings in the standalone version. Here are my results and a method of switching the JVM used by the standalone builder….

Continue Reading 3 comments June 27th, 2006

Flex2 and AS3 Book List

Here is the quick list of known flex books that will be coming out in the next couple of months. If you know of any others let me know….

Continue Reading 11 comments June 27th, 2006

Flash 8 startup makes a URL call

I just noticed that when you start up Flash 8 Professional that it makes a call to a macromedia.com URL.

http://www.macromedia.com/go/startpageflpro?api=1&lvl=1&ver=8.0.0&p…

This call then goes and makes some other calls:
http://www.adobe.com/go/startpageflpro?api=1&lvl=1&ver=8.0.0&p…
http://www.adobe.com/startpage/flpro_content/flpro_customize.xml
http://www.adobe.com/startpage/om_acct_nm.txt
http://www.adobe.com/startpage/flpro_content/flashpro_800_content.xml

Interesting, they can customize the open page off the web. Hmmm… I didn’t know that.

6 comments June 26th, 2006

Blog URL change and it blasted the Aggregator

Sorry about the blast of posts on the MXNA aggregator. I went through and changed over my blog to use mod_rewrite and I guess that made all my post act like they are new.

Continue Reading Add comment June 26th, 2006

The End is Near, for the “first half of 2006″ that is!

The now so often quoted “first half of 2006″ is growing closer to the end. What does this refer too, well Flex2 of course. If you have been in a hole for last 6-8 months you might not know about this (or if you don’t like Flex2, but that isn’t anybody reading this). It should be a very interesting week…

Continue Reading Add comment June 26th, 2006

Flex Builder 2 and CFEclipse

If you have not tried already, it is possible to have CFEclipse installed into the standalone version of Flex Builder 2….

Continue Reading 3 comments June 24th, 2006